Is it possible to find a good DAC for under $50, 000?


Apparently, the good folks at The Absolute Sound have you covered.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nItR8Z6CCWE

(Audiophiles are never going to shed their out of touch reputation with journalism like this. I'm sorry, but it's just so tone deaf.)

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Showing 1 response by perkri

 Thanks for the link.

That was a very informative and interesting presentation on DACs, signal processing and the resulting signal quality.

Very much enjoyed it.

As an avid DIY’er of gear, I have to listen for subtle details the value, or quality of a given part in the signal path. These subtle differences really do add up to an improvement in the presentation of the music, and the enjoyment of the music. Suspension of disbelief. Hollywood irks hard to keep you unaware of the chair you are sitting in or the fact you are looking at an artificial world. Different, as you are likely watching a movie for the first time, and will not watch it again for some time. As opposed to music where we might listen to the same song several times through the course of a week.

 

I don’t understand why people love to hate on expensive gear. Or why they insist there is no difference , even though they have never heard the gear in question. Is that ignorance? I don’t know.